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Post by bfrd » Thu Apr 12, 2018 12:22 pm

I can't imagine picking a better subject for my first tank build. The kit is great and the painting was very straight forward. You can find the build thread here.

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Post by SimpleScaleModels » Thu Apr 12, 2018 12:36 pm

Looks wonderful! i love the neat painting of the tools and the fact that you didn't weather the vehicle all that much which is a nice touch and is something a little bit different. Congratulations on the great build and i am probably going to get one for myself!

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Post by TommyKillander » Thu Apr 12, 2018 4:45 pm

Well done !

It looks fantastic

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Post by ElCapitan » Thu Apr 12, 2018 4:51 pm

Awesome job! I was thinking about picking up this kit myself

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Post by Stokesy44 » Thu Apr 12, 2018 5:16 pm

Nice work mate. Great looking Sherman.

Its been tried and tested, it works! So don't blame the system if you're no good.

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Post by bfrd » Thu Apr 12, 2018 5:26 pm

Thanks guys! I didn't go very dirty, but I do like the variations in the olive. It was achieved mostly with dark brown panel liner. I also mixed up some Ab. 502 oils to get close to the shade of green and applied those in some places. Smoke in others and a little dry brushing with a color they call dust. I focused much of the oil work on the decals as they looks very out of place being stark white.

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